It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[FromPollockToSilva]

Can't even one of these stories attempt to explain how Barcelona intend to pay for our players (or, indeed, any players?)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

There’s a small argument to suggest now would be the best time to cash in on him whilst his stock is high. He’s 30 after all. If we could get £30m for him, should we take it and replace him with someone like Aouar?

 

[waspish]

Seems other clubs think we are mugs Juventus one biggest clubs in the world wants to loan Jesus with an obligation to buy!

 

[EekC]

There’s a small argument to suggest now would be the best time to cash in on him whilst his stock is high. He’s 30 after all. If we could get £30m for him, should we take it and replace him with someone like Aouar?

He's worth a lot more than 30m after the season he's just had.

 

[samarasra]

Rodri has many good qualities unfortunately for city he lacks the pace needed to play and dominate teams in England. His lack of awareness on the pitch when pressed causes our defence serious problems. Get after him and he will continue to pass the ball back to the defence.

I appreciate the different points of view but politely disagree on Rodri. His other qualities do not negate his lack of mobility.

I agree there are many differing points of view. Politely put, I have never seen, in 60 years of watching football ,an individual player who did not have some "weaknesses", physically, mentally or skillwise. But I take the view that it is a team sport, a collection of individuals coming together as one unit as Oldius so well put it:
"A team is a blend of players of different strengths and weaknesses. Players are not 'covering' for each other, they are complementing each other. We could equally argue that without Rodri's aerial strength or positioning, the whole midfield would be exposed, especially given that it is short of height and physical power, generally speaking. Unfortunately, and it is abundantly clear, we remain a club that targets individual players as scapegoats and it is the only aspect of the club that I despise"
Edmund Hillary is famous for the first ascension of Mt. Everest but he needed a team to get there, had any one of the team failed he might not have made it. Look how vulnerable Stones & Dias looked in the absence of Rodri or Ferna in CL final. I refer you to this article on "lack of pace", I am not suggesting that Rodri may in time be included in this list but it is interesting if you want to focus on pace. It is worth noting these players were judged on their careers, Rodri is 24, on the first step of his career, too early to discount him yet.

World Football: 25 Best Players Who Lacked Pace

Pace is a very important factor in the game of football, but there have been a number of good players who lacked pace...

bleacherreport.com

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He's worth a lot more than 30m after the season he's just had.

I think most transfer fees are going to be lower that usual this summer. I only really quantified £30m as that’s about what Aouar would cost to replace him.

 

[akrh215]

There’s a small argument to suggest now would be the best time to cash in on him whilst his stock is high. He’s 30 after all. If we could get £30m for him, should we take it and replace him with someone like Aouar?

50 minimum imo

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

50 minimum imo

If anyone offered us £50m for him, I’d snap their hands off.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

There’s a small argument to suggest now would be the best time to cash in on him whilst his stock is high. He’s 30 after all. If we could get £30m for him, should we take it and replace him with someone like Aouar?

If we were trying to Moneyball it, yes now would be the time to sell. But we rarely cash in on our players unless they are unhappy, and there's no sign of it with Gündy. He'll almost certainly stay to the end of his contract and leave on his own terms, like most of our long-serving players

 

[SidJames]